Removing the first 3 characters from a string

Question

What is the most efficient way to remove the first 3 characters of a string?

For example:

'apple' change to 'le'  
'a cat' change to 'at'  
' a b c'change to 'b c'

You should learn basics of [String in Java](http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/String.html). — Harry Joy, Feb 27 '11 at 06:52
possible duplicate of [In Java, removing first character of a string](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4503656/in-java-removing-first-character-of-a-string) — james.garriss, Feb 11 '14 at 15:14
Please search SO before asking questions. Such a basic question has definitely been asked before. — james.garriss, Feb 11 '14 at 15:14
Yet somehow it still got 150+ upvotes and the answer 345+. Great question! — DORRITO, Jul 02 '20 at 00:24

score 406 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 27 '11 at 06:49

406

Just use substring: "apple".substring(3); will return le

answered Feb 27 '11 at 06:49

Sergey Vedernikov

score 10 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 14 '16 at 01:36

10

Use the substring method of the String class :

String removeCurrency=amount.getText().toString().substring(3);

edited Dec 14 '16 at 01:36

Skeets

answered Apr 10 '13 at 07:12

Deepak Sharma

2 Answers2